Kensington, Lakedale

Kensington, Lakedale is a small industrial district of Lakedale, Illinois. The district was created in late 2017 when the city established its first garbage dump at the end of a road jutting out of the city's western fringes; the area was allotted to industrial development afterwards, as no residents wanted to live next to a landfill. Kensington slowly developed as a manufacturing hub of the town, and Kensington and the Southampton Industrial Park competed over being the largest source of pollution in the city. The district had no residential areas, with the land being zoned for industrial development. Fluctuating tax rates led to businessmen periodically entering and leeaving the area, and Kensington declined due to issues with abandonment, unemployment, and tax rates.